Back of My Hand (Gemma Hayes song)

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"Back of My Hand"
Single by Gemma Hayes
Released26 September 2002
Genre Alternative
Label Source
Songwriter(s) Gemma Hayes
Producer(s) Gemma Hayes, Dave Fridmann
Gemma Hayes singles chronology
"Let a Good Thing Go"
(2002)		"Back of My Hand"
(2002)		"Happy Sad"
(2005)

"Back of My Hand" is the third single by Irish singer-songwriter Gemma Hayes taken from her Night on My Side album release. The single was released in Ireland on 26 September 2002. The single was released Source Records.

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Two versions of the single were released - incorporating slightly different covers and track listings. The second CD was very limited upon release and the single was only available in Ireland. [1]

A re-worked version of the track appeared on the 2003 US release of Night on My Side . A digital version of the song appeared on iTunes on 1 March 2003. [2]

Music video

The music video was directed by Sam Brown. [3] The video was shot on location in America and features Hayes avoiding two business men dressed in suits. Towards the end of the video Hayes stumbles across a child.

Track listing

CD 1

All songs written by Gemma Hayes.

  1. "Back of My Hand"
  2. "Mama What's That Song"
  3. "Song for Julie"

- Back of My Hand Video - directed by Sam Brown [4]

CD 2 (Ireland only)

  1. "Back of My Hand"
  2. "My Friend Christian"
  3. "Let a Good Thing Go" (live and alternative version for Radio 1) [5]

7" vinyl

A. "Back of My Hand"
B. "Song for Julie"

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References

  1. ↑ "Gemma Hayes". gemmahayes.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2002. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  2. ↑ "Back of My Hand - EP by Gemma Hayes". iTunes . January 2002.
  3. ↑ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine : Gemma Hayes - Back Of My Hand – via YouTube.
  4. ↑ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine : Gemma Hayes - Back Of My Hand. YouTube .
  5. ↑ "Gemma Hayes". www.gemmahayes.com. Archived from the original on 21 December 2002. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
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